A new look to Elgin's Chesbrough Field House

A ceremonial ribbon is cut during a pep assembly at Elgin High School last Friday to highlight renovations at Chesbrough Field House.Rick West | Staff Photographer

A new scoreboard was part of the recent renovations at Chesbrough Field House at Elgin High School.Rick West | Staff Photographer

Elgin High School shows off the renovations at Chesbrough Field House during a pep assembly last Friday. They recently installed a new floor, bleachers and scoreboard.Rick West | Staff Photographer

The Elgin High School drum line performs during a pep assembly last Friday.Rick West | Staff Photographer

Elgin High School has completed a total renovation to Chesbrough Field House, which opened in 1972. Named for legendary boys basketball coach Bill Chesbrough, who won 573 games in his 35 years as the Chief Maroon, the field house had a rubberized floor that badly needed replacing. The total renovation includes a new and smaller overhead scoreboard, new plastic bleachers on both sides and one end of the massive field house, as well as new smaller scoreboards on the top of each backstop.

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